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Weblog of Seattle minister to the homeless Rick Reynolds, Operation Nightwatch

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Monday, November 09, 2015

No Simple Stories



I’m learning that there are no simple stories,

but each one is like layers of mattresses, stacked to the ceiling. We pull


off one, then another, then another, then another


and finally, maybe at the very bottom


there is a single pea.



There are no simple stories,


but one Russian doll, nested inside another, nested inside another


until finally, with a magnifying glass and tweezer


the last doll is revealed, with an atom


of ash on its cheek.


There are no simple stories



as anyone peeling an onion can tell you,


carefully pulling back the paper skin


and layer by layer working your way down


to more onion.

Today is all about those onions, those tears.

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